By Maggie Haskins

Since the coaches clearly don't know what's going on, what makes the blog poll so great? 

Every Day Should be Saturday: We meet on an exotic but lethally dangerous island in the South Pacific on Tuesday. If you find the one with the skull-shaped volcano and the shapely henchwomen in matching hotpants with AR-15s...well, you get a vote. As you can imagine we're all devastingly handsome and are each trained in jiu-jitsu, krav maga and the art of memorizing Phil Steele's Guide to Football.

Horns Blog: The Blog poll is a collection of ballots from roughly 50 regular college football blog writers (can be found here). Somewhat to my surprise it mirrors the AP poll very closely. It's creative and fun and worth checking out. At least voters are asked to explain their votes.

Is the Harris Poll just the BCS poll in sheep's clothing?

Fan Blogs: Not exactly. The Harris Poll was formed when the AP Poll pulled out of the BCS. It's run by Harris Interactive, a group that does polling for almost every topic under the sun. They are more the facilitators. They have 114 pollsters that were selected by the conferences and teams. The BCS is an aggregate of the Coaches Poll, the Harris Poll, and the computer polls. People love to hate the BCS. It's far from a perfect system, but it's better than just relying on one poll.

Well let's keep hating on the BCS. What are some flaws in current polls?

Horns Blog: The worst part about the polls is the lack of accountability from the voters. We want to see the number of voters shrunk and the accountability of voters magnified. Stick'em on television and make them explain their votes. Make them submit their ballots online for public viewing, complete with commentary and justification --with a message board for viewers to sound off on the ballots and make cases for different teams.

Do fans and writers freak out too much about polls? I mean what's so bad about them. It's fun to debate.

Georgia Sports: There are 117 Div I-A college football teams. They only play 12 to 13 games a year. There is no possible way to compare the relative talent of one team to another with such a limited frame of reference. Even a playoff system would be deeply flawed because the teams participating in a playoff would be pulled from the Polls. So why not VOTE for who is the best? What's more American than that? Representative Democracy at its finest (or worst if you're an Auburn fan).

Horns Blog: People absolutely freak out too much. Hey, Sammy Spartan, it doesn't matter if you're No. 10 or No. 12! Relax! Keep winning games and you'll be fine. We love the polls, love the hype, and love the debates. It's part of what makes college football so great. And hey, don't kid yourself; there are downsides to a playoff system. The NBA season, for example, is nearly insufferable. How much does it really matter when 16 teams make the postseason? Be careful what you wish for kids. The controversies in college football are part of what make it so alluring.

Will there ever be a perfect system?

Georgia Sports: No, even a playoff would be deeply flawed because how would you decide who was involved? Polls? Conference champs? Computers? All of those have huge shortcoming; College football is great BECAUSE it's so unique.

Horns Blog: Never, thank goodness. Chaos is bliss. Just win baby and things take care of themselves (except if you're Auburn).

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